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# apollo-house - Thursday 16 January, 2020
An Taisce appeal puts plans for 21-storey development at Apollo House site on hold
An Taisce claim that the proposal does not protect the major cultural inheritance of the surrounding area.
# apollo-house - Monday 3 December, 2018
Former site of Apollo House sold for over €50 million
An office block with retail units will be built on the property in Dublin city centre.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 26 September, 2018
Former Apollo House site put on the market
Apollo House site goes on sale with permission for a new office-block in its place.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
Apollo House will soon be a thing of the past as demolition work begins
The office block on Dublin’s Tara Street is about to be torn down.
# apollo-house - Monday 15 January, 2018
RTÉ journalist takes Apollo House organiser Brendan Ogle to court over Facebook post
An RTÉ story last year said that Ogle’s Unite union sought an exemption from providing social housing during Apollo House.
# apollo-house - Sunday 17 December, 2017
'One former Apollo House resident has died on the streets already'
Many former residents feel let down.
# apollo-house - Saturday 16 December, 2017
'People are dying': One year after Apollo House and homelessness is worse than ever
The Home Sweet Home campaign received widespread attention when it took over Apollo House on Hawkins Street for homeless people.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
Apollo House vigil cancelled amid reports of sex crime convictions for homeless man who died
Stephen “Jack” Watson had previously been deported from Australia.
# apollo-house - Saturday 1 July, 2017
Home Sweet Home donations to be given to groups tackling homelessness
About €129,000 was unspent after the occupation of Apollo House in Dublin ended.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
Apollo House is going to be demolished
Hawkins House – widely known as the capital’s ‘ugliest building’ – will also be redeveloped.
# apollo-house - Tuesday 2 May, 2017
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for Home Sweet Home to donate remaining €129,000 to homeless charities
Brendan Carr said that the funds raised by the campaign should “be immediately put to use assisting people in housing need”.
What has happened to Home Sweet Home (and the €190,000 that was donated)?
The campaign responsible for the occupation of Apollo House has been quiet in recent months.
# apollo-house - Saturday 25 February, 2017
Mannix Flynn: 'Apollo House completely failed'
The Dublin City councillor said that the criticism of the council was unfair and the occupation “didn’t achieve anything”.
# apollo-house - Thursday 23 February, 2017
'There are definitely stories that would fit onto the big screen': Jim Sheridan reflects on Apollo House
The film director is proud of what the Apollo House occupation achieved.
# apollo-house - Saturday 4 February, 2017
Poll: Do you think the Apollo House occupation was a success?
Legal proceedings formally ended yesterday.
# apollo-house - Friday 3 February, 2017
Beds and furniture removed from Apollo House as legal proceedings officially end
The receivers intend to sell the building, which forms part of a block due for re-development.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 25 January, 2017
Demolition of Apollo House put on hold
Objections about plans for the site have been made to An Bord Pleanála.
# apollo-house - Friday 20 January, 2017
Home Sweet Home accuses minister of 'U-turn' as Anti-Evictions Bill voted down
The bill was narrowly voted down in the Dáil yesterday.
# apollo-house - Thursday 19 January, 2017
Everyone was equal, we left our egos at the door: Why I volunteered at Apollo House
Hazel Larkin tells her personal experience of what supporting residents meant to them – and to her.
# apollo-house - Friday 13 January, 2017
'This is only the start' - The occupation has ended, but what's next for Home Sweet Home?
The occupation of Apollo House has ended – but what happens next?
# apollo-house - Thursday 12 January, 2017
Tears and cheers as Apollo House occupiers claim a 'sad victory'
There were tears and cheers in equal measure this morning following today’s leaving Apollo House.
Apollo House occupation: One resident remains inside the building
The majority of residents and activists formally left the building this afternoon.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 11 January, 2017
"Not one person left behind" - there's a cheerful defiance about Apollo House this evening
The remaining occupants of the Nama-controlled building have been ordered to vacate the building by the High Court.
Simon Coveney says residents must leave Apollo House but denies plans to 'forcibly push them out'
The minister said misinformation has been swirling on Twitter.
'We are going to defy this court order': Apollo House occupiers say they're not going anywhere
They had been ordered to leave the building by 12 noon today.
# apollo-house - Tuesday 10 January, 2017
'Apollo House was about much more than 35 people in one building'
This country needs a lot more people to say enough is enough, and on many more issues than homelessness, writes Frankie Gaffney.
Leaving Apollo House?: Home Sweet Home claims residents are coming back because of drug use
The activist group says alternative accommodation is not appropriate.
# apollo-house - Monday 9 January, 2017
Home Sweet Home makes government deal but future of Apollo House uncertain
Residents at the facility are to be housed in two new ‘acclimation facilities’.
# apollo-house - Saturday 7 January, 2017
Home Sweet Home co-founder has multiple convictions for robbery, kidnap and aggravated burglary Exclusive
Quentin Sheridan is no longer permitted to enter Apollo House.
No deal reached over occupiers leaving Apollo House
Talks between Government and activists went on until late last night.
# apollo-house - Friday 6 January, 2017
Home Sweet Home co-founder no longer allowed entry to Apollo House Exclusive
Quentin Sheridan originally founded the group in October.
Nama has identified nearly 7,000 homes for social housing - but only 2,748 have been taken
That is according to the agency’s annual report, published yesterday.
# apollo-house - Thursday 5 January, 2017
Apollo House occupiers demand Government puts Nama buildings 'on the table' to address homelessness
The group have been ordered to leave the building by next Wednesday.
# apollo-house - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
"This is not living it's just existing": Apollo House volunteer on her struggle to find a home
Carrie Hennessy, who is herself homeless, handed in a petition to the Department of Finance today.
"I think people are very angry": Protesters call for action on homelessness in Dublin march
Around 250 people took part in a march to the Department of Finance this afternoon.
# apollo-house - Sunday 1 January, 2017
Edward Norton and Judd Apatow have been tweeting their support of Home Sweet Home
The movement is going global.
# apollo-house - Saturday 31 December, 2016
Apollo House launches nightly 'mobile outreach' team
The group behind the occupied Nama-controlled building, Home Sweet Home, has launched the service following “extremely generous donations from the Irish public”.
# apollo-house - Thursday 29 December, 2016
Occupation of empty Dublin apartment block by homelessness activists ends
The group said a number of Nama-owned buildings have been cherry-picked for occupation.
# apollo-house - Wednesday 28 December, 2016
'Irish people are suckers for celebrity endorsements': Dublin council chief on Apollo House
Owen Keegan has criticised the occupation.
# apollo-house - Tuesday 27 December, 2016
'This is home for people now' - A look inside Apollo House
Occupiers say they aren’t planning on leaving on 11 January.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
Yes (7667)
No (5347)
I'm not sure (611)
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Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: Young people don't vote? You may be right, but we might surprise you
By Adam Hallissey and Ben Quigley - @progressbrief
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